The Wonder of Birth, The Freedom of Homebirth
Home-born granddaughter
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At home, birth can be intimate, joyful, peaceful, and empowering. Home is a familiar place where you can birth with confidence, supported by family, friends, and skilled midwives who honor birth and respect your wisdom and power. At home, care is woman-centered and family-centered. You are able to create your own rituals to celebrate birth and becoming a family. Home provides a sense of well-being and normalcy that facilitates labor — you can relax and work with labor and respond to intensity in a variety of ways. Water birth is also possible. A growing body of research shows that homebirth is a responsible and positive choice for healthy women who are attended by experienced midwives and have hospital back-up available. Mothers and babies benefit from this setting. |
Midwifery Care: Nurturing, Personal, Respectful
A spirit of mutual respect and trust and a deep belief in the wisdom of the body guides my practice. Listening to and affirming your knowledge, intuition, and strengths is at the heart of my work. I encourage you to trust your body and the birth process. I trust your ability to nourish and care for your developing child and to give birth.
Pregnancy and birth are healthy, natural events in a woman's life, with physical, emotional, spiritual and psychological dimensions that need to be nurtured. My goal is to journey with you, provide support, and be vigilant about you and your baby's well-being.
Pregnancy and birth are healthy, natural events in a woman's life, with physical, emotional, spiritual and psychological dimensions that need to be nurtured. My goal is to journey with you, provide support, and be vigilant about you and your baby's well-being.
Pregnancy CareCare during pregnancy includes attention to your unique experience and questions, health screening, education and encouragement. Problems can be prevented by good nutrition, exercise, and rest. I guide you through pregnancy changes and help you prepare for labor, birth and mothering. Visits last for up to an hour and I am available for phone consultations around the clock.
If complications arise, I will work to restore balance with herbs, natural remedies, life-style changes, and, when needed, medical assistance. If necessary, I consult with, and refer to, other health care practitioners. To each pregnancy and birth I bring the experience of thousands of birthing women and the knowledge and skills that make birth at home secure and rewarding. |
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Labor & Birth
Honoring the unique rhythm of your labor, I encourage you to birth in your own way. Throughout labor I am with you to attend to your and your baby's well-being and to provide affirmation and guidance. Labor is an amazing hormonal symphony that causes birth to unfold in a way that protects you and your baby and eases pain.
I am able to identify when things are not normal and am trained to respond to emergencies. If hospital transfer is required, I stay with you as advocate and support. After the birth I provide care at home as you transition into motherhood, nurture your infant, and learn the rhythm and skills of breastfeeding.
I am able to identify when things are not normal and am trained to respond to emergencies. If hospital transfer is required, I stay with you as advocate and support. After the birth I provide care at home as you transition into motherhood, nurture your infant, and learn the rhythm and skills of breastfeeding.
